A small hunk of ferrous rock from an ancient asteroid which has roamed the cosmos for eons falls to earth. Discovered by a university paleontologist, a long dormant enzyme impregnated within the galactic stone is revitalized by accident in a university laboratory. A deadly virus erupts from the small boulder, taking the lives of the laboratory team with days. Members of the U.S. Army biological warfare operations staff from Fort Detrick, MD seize the extra-terrestrial ore. Now, an off shore megalomanic pharmaceutical giant, possess the deadly diseased rock, and the only known antidote. Driven by greed of billions in profit, he won't give up the cure until the virus becomes widespread. FBI agent Dale Fox hits the ground running in pursuit to recover the geode, and the medicinal remedy for the viral infection that now effects hundreds of thousands of people. Battling an elite team of killers within the company, he has very little time to succeed, since he too has contracted the virus.